¹⁵ When he had spoken such words to me, ^(A)I ^[a]turned my face toward the ground and became speechless.

²⁰ But behold, ^(A)you will be mute and not able to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words which will be fulfilled in their own time.”

^27 (A)On that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped; you shall speak and no longer be mute. Thus you will be a sign to them, and they shall know that I am the Lord.’ ”

⁹ Yet I heard the sound of his words; and while I heard the sound of his words I was in a deep sleep on my face, with my face to the ground.

^18 (A)Now, as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep with my face to the ground; ^(B)but he touched me, and stood me upright.

²² Now ^(A)the hand of the Lord had been upon me the evening before the man came who had escaped. And He had ^(B)opened my mouth; so when he came to me in the morning, my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.